WAWAYANDA – State Senator James Skoufis (D, Cornwall), who is not a fan of industrial development agency incentives for construction projects, is fuming over the Orange County IDA’s approval of financial benefits for the Wawayanda Amazon distribution center.

He is launching a petition drive at PayYourDamnTaxesAmazon.com “to highlight just how little public support there is for giving the world’s richest company over $80 million in property tax breaks.”

The senator, who secured a state monitor to oversee the IDA’s actions, is urging that state-appointed individual to veto the incentives. “That the IDA expects hardworking New Yorkers to pay the taxes of a company valued at over $2.43 trillion is abhorrent,” he said. “The IDA board might be ready to pave the streets in gold for every

See Full Page